All 3 Uses of
senile
in
The Trial, by Fran Kafka
- She was showing an inquisitiveness that really made it seem like she was going senile.†
Chpt 1 *senile = mental weakness caused by old age; or describing a medical condition as caused by old age
- It would have been more suitable as a way of passing the long days after he had retired and become senile.†
Chpt 7
- He becomes senile, and as he has come to know even the fleas in the doorkeeper's fur collar over the years that he has been studying him he even asks them to help him and change the doorkeeper's mind.†
Chpt 9
Definition:
weakness from old age (especially mental weakness); or describing a medical condition as caused by old age